N O T FO R PUB L ICAT IO N UNITED STATES C OUR T OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH C IR C UIT
UNITED STATES OF AM ER IC A, Plaintiff - Appe lle e , v. ANGELO C IB R IAN, De fe nda

nt - Appe lla

nt. No. 14-10310

D.C . No. 3:13-c r-00447-EM C -1
M EM O R ANDUM *

Appe a l from

the Unite d

Stat e s Distric t C ourt for the Northe rn Distric t of C a lifornia Edwa rd M . C he n, Distric t Judge , Pre siding Argue d a nd Subm itte d Se pte m

be r 18, 2015 San Fran c isc o , C a lifornia B e fore : W . FLETC HER , B ER ZON, a nd B EA, C irc uit Judge s. De fe nda nt-Appe lla

nt Ange lo C ibria

n a ppe a ls his c onvic tion for be ing a fe lon in posse ssion of a

fire arm and a m m unition in viola

t ion of 18 U.S.C
. § 922(g)(1). W e a ffirm
. 

# FIL ED OCT 05 2015 M OLLY C. DW Y ER, CLERK U
. S
. CO URT O F APPEALS

* This disposition is not a ppropria te for public a t ion a

nd is not pre c e de nt e xc e pt a s provide d

by 9th C ir. R . 36-3. 11. Like the distric t c o urt, we a ssum e , but do not de c ide , tha t the initia l
se arc h wa s unla

w ful. 2. “ ‘ [B ] e fore c onduc ting a wa rra ntle ss se arc h’ of a

re s ide nc e ‘ pursua

nt to a pa role e ’ s pa role c o ndition, la

w e nforc e m e nt offic e rs m ust ha ve proba ble c a use to be lie ve tha

t the pa role e is a re side nt of the house to be se arc he d.’ ” Unite d State s v . Grandbe rry , 730 F.3d 968, 973 (9th C ir. 2013) (quoting Unite d State s v . How ard , 447 F.3d 1257, 1262 (9th C ir. 2006)). “ [P] roba ble c a use a s to re side nc e e xists if
an offic e r of re a sona

ble c a ution would be lie ve , ba s e d on the tota lity of [the ]
c irc um s ta nc e s , tha t the pa role e live s at a

pa rtic ula r re s ide nc e .” Id. a t 975 (inte rna l
c ita tions a nd quota tion m arks om itte d). Exc luding thee vide nc e de rive d from the initia l se arc h, the polic e offic e rs ha d proba ble c a use to be lie ve tha

t C ibria n re side d
a t 61 C am e ron W ay . C ibria n upda t e d his m a iling a d dre ss with the De pa rtm e n t of M otor Ve hic le s (“ DM V” ) to 61 C am e ron W ay e ight da y s be fore the pa

role se arc h. Furthe rm ore , Pa tric i a Sa la z ar, the m o the r of the a lle g e d dom e stic viole nc e vic tim an d the gran dm othe r of C ibria

n’ s c hild, told the

911 ope ra tor tha

t C ibria n live d at 61 C am e ron W ay , and polic e offic e rs found C ibria n at the re side nc e . This e vide nc e is suffic i e nt to support a

finding of proba

ble c a u se a s to his re side nc e .

23. The distric t c ourt did not c le arly e rr in c onc luding tha t the polic e offic e rs would ha ve c onduc te d

the pa role se arc h e ve n if the initia l se arc h ha d not oc c urre d. Se e Murray

v . Unite d State

s , 487 U.S. 533, 542 &

n.3 (1988); Unite d State

s v . Snipe , 515 F.3d 947, 950 (9th C ir. 2008). Se rge ant Ha ll, the supe rvising offic e r and fina l de c ision-m ake r a s to whe the r to c onduc t the pa role se arc h , te stifie d

tha t he orde re d the pa

role se arc h be c a

use C ibria

n wa s a pa role e , wa s wa

nte d on a n outsta nding no-ba i l arre st wa

rra nt, wa s found a

t the re s ide nc e , a

nd ha d a phy sic a l de sc ription m a t c hing the de sc ription Pa t ric ia Sa la z ar gave to the 911 ope ra tor, a nd be c a use the DM V re port showe d tha t he ha d re c e ntly

upda te d his m a iling a d dre s s to 61 C am e ron W ay . As e v ide nc e of re side nc e , the m a te ria l found during the initia l se arc h wa s e xc e e dingly

we ak. Unde r the se c irc um sta nc e s, the distric t c ourt c orre c tly found that the ite m s se e n during theswe e p did not “ signific antly dire c t” Ha ll to se arc h for C ibria n in the DM V data

ba se or to orde r the pa

role se arc h. Unite d State

s v . C hambe rlin , 644 F.2d 1262, 1269 (9th C ir. 1980). Ha ll te stifie d tha t the inform a t ion le arne d during theinitia l se arc h c onstitute d only “ one m inor fa c t in a
se t of a rtic ula ble fa c t s tha

t would bepa

rt of a la rge r pic ture ,” and tha

t he would

3have orde re d the pa role se arc h e ve n a

bse nt the initia l se arc h. The distric t c ourt found Ha ll’ s te stim ony c re dible
. As the distric t c ourt’ s unde rly i ng finding wa s not c le arly e rrone ous, we a ffirm its de n ia l of C ibria

n ’ s m otion to suppre ss. AFFIRM E D.

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